“Absent fact, rumors run rampant,” Rene Ritchie writes for iMore. “It’s only natural. Secrecy breeds curiosity, and huge fall releases of almost every product in Apple’s lineup leads to speculation about what, if anything, they have left for the new year.”

“The broad strokes are probably obvious — there’ll be new phones and new tablets, but this year we’re seeing renewed rumors of bigger and less expensive phones, and of watches and television projects as well,” Ritchie writes. “Like any year, we also have major newspapers publishing leaks, and financial analysts reporting nonsense. So what can be made of all of this?”

Ritchie writes, “Well, according to people who have provided accurate information to iMore in the past…”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Dan King" for the heads up.]